Information equals knowledge, searching equals learning, and hyperlinking is good instruction: Myths about learning from the world wide web

Computers in the Schools

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 159-169

  Colaric, Susan ^a   Jonassen, David ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Information searching; Meaning making; Self reflective learning; World wide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952000626     PISSN: 07380569     EISSN: 15287033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J025v17n03_10     Document Type: Article

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